HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. (OTCMKTS:HOVVB) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

OnMay 14,2018,HovnanianEnterprises,Inc.(the“Company”)andK.HovnanianEnterprises,Inc.,awholly-ownedsubsidiaryoftheCompany(“K. Hovnanian”), entered into a First Amendment (the “Term Loan Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2018 (the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), by and among K. Hovnanian, the Company, the other guarantors party thereto, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto. The Term Loan Amendment provides for certain technical and clarifying amendments relating to defined terms and prepayment terms set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

In addition, onMay 14,2018,the Company and K. Hovnanian entered into a First Amendment (the “Secured Loan Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2018 (the “Secured Credit Agreement”), by and among K. Hovnanian, the Company, the other guarantors party thereto, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto. The Secured Loan Amendment provides for certain technical and clarifying amendments relating to defined terms and prepayment terms set forth in the Secured Credit Agreement and amends conditions to borrowing in the circumstance in which there were to exist certain defaults under the Secured Credit Agreement.

The foregoing summaries of the Term Loan Amendment and the Secured Loan Amendment do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the Term Loan Amendment filed as Exhibit 10.1 and the text of the Secured Loan Amendment filed as Exhibit 10.2, respectively, to this Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 8.01Other Events.

On May 14, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing that the early tender deadline for K. Hovnanian’s previously announced private offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) any and all of K. Hovnanian’s $440.0 million outstanding 10.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (the “Existing 2022 Notes”) and $400.0 million outstanding 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (together with the Existing 2022 Notes, the “Existing Notes”) for K. Hovnanian’s newly issued 3.0% Senior Notes due 2047 and concurrent solicitation of consents with respect to the Existing 2022 Notes (the “Existing 2022 Notes Consent Solicitation”) had expired. As of the early tender deadline, the minimum exchange condition to the Exchange Offer (which required that at least $50.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn by the early tender deadline) had not been satisfied. As a result, a condition to the Exchange Offer has not been satisfied and no Existing Notes will be accepted for purchase in the Exchange Offer. K. Hovnanian will promptly return Existing Notes tendered to the Exchange Offer (and corresponding consents will be revoked).

A copy of the press release announcing the expiration of the early tender deadline of the Exchange Offer and Existing 2022 Notes Consent Solicitation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 8.01.

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All statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K that are not historical facts should be considered as “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in, or suggested by, such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. By their nature, forward-looking statements: (i) speak only as of the date they are made, (ii) are not guarantees of future performance or results and (iii) are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict or quantify. Therefore, actual results could differ materially and adversely from those forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, (1) changes in general and local economic, industry and business conditions and impacts of a sustained homebuilding downturn; (2) adverse weather and other environmental conditions and natural disasters; (3) levels of indebtedness and restrictions on the Company’s operations and activities imposed by the agreements governing the Company’s outstanding indebtedness; (4) the Company's sources of liquidity; (5) changes in credit ratings; (6) changes in market conditions and seasonality of the Company’s business; (7) the availability and cost of suitable land and improved lots; (8) shortages in, and price fluctuations of, raw materials and labor; (9) regional and local economic factors, including dependency on certain sectors of the economy, and employment levels affecting home prices and sales activity in the markets where the Company builds homes; (10) fluctuations in interest rates and the availability of mortgage financing; (11) changes in tax laws affecting the after-tax costs of owning a home; (12) operations through joint ventures with third parties; (13) government regulation, including regulations concerning development of land, the home building, sales and customer financing processes, tax laws and the environment; (14) product liability litigation, warranty claims and claims made by mortgage investors; (15) levels of competition; (16) availability and terms of financing to the Company; (17) successful identification and integration of acquisitions; (18) significant influence of the Company’s controlling stockholders; (19) availability of net operating loss carryforwards; (20) utility shortages and outages or rate fluctuations; (21) geopolitical risks, terrorist acts and other acts of war; (22) increases in cancellations of agreements of sale; (23) loss of key management personnel or failure to attract qualified personnel; (24) information technology failures and data security breaches; (25) legal claims brought against the Company and not resolved in the Company’s favor; and (26) certain risks, uncertainties and other factors described in detail in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2017 and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as otherwise required by applicable securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC Exhibit
EX-10.1 2 ex_113933.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 ex_113933.htm Exhibit 10.1 Execution Version   FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT   This FIRST AMENDMENT,…
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About HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. (OTCMKTS:HOVVB)

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. is a builder of residential homes. The Company designs, constructs, markets and sells single-family detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill and active lifestyle homes in planned residential developments. The Company has two distinct operations: homebuilding and financial services. Its homebuilding operations consist of six segments: Northeast: New Jersey and Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, District of Columbia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois and Ohio; Southeast: Florida, Georgia and South Carolina; Southwest: Arizona and Texas, and West: California. Its financial services operations provide mortgage loans and title services to the customers of its homebuilding operations. The Company markets and builds homes for first-time buyers, first-time and second-time move-up buyers, luxury buyers, active lifestyle buyers and empty nesters.